NEW : Casio G-Shock goes ‘Pure Gold’

The Pure Gold Dream Project G-Shock has its genesis in the pièce unique Casio ‘Dream Project’ G-Shock concept watch of 2015, called the DW-5000 IBE SPECIAL. Unlike that one-off piece, this new model, also 18 carat gold, is for sale, in a limited edition of thirty-five pieces.

Otherwise called the G-D5000-9JR, it is priced at an eye-opening 7,700,000 Yen, which converts to around the 100,000 AUD mark, and the main specs are as follows :

To get an idea about the process of making a solid gold G-Shock, here is the official video from 2015 about the Dream Project piece.

If you have this sort of spare change and want to spend on this G-Shock, a limited number of stores in Japan will be accepting reservations on 15 May 2019, with the watches arriving in December 2019. The participating stores are listed at this link, and if you can read Japanese, here is the press release.